With the majority of Earth’s population living in coastal areas, estuarine ecosystems have been particularly affected by anthropogenic disturbances. My dissertation re[...]

The response of communities to climate extremes can be quite variable. Much of this variation has been attributed to differences in community-specific functional trait[...]

A brackish water ecotone of coastal bays and lakes, mangrove forests, salt marshes, tidal creeks, and upland hammocks separates Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and the Gulf[...]

1. Apex predators are often assumed to be dietary generalists and, by feeding on prey from multiple basal nutrient sources, serve to couple discrete f[...]

The goal of mangrove restoration projects should be to improve community structure and ecosystem function of degraded coastal landscapes. This requires the ability to [...]

1. Highly mobile top predators are hypothesized to spatially and/or temporally link disparate habitats through the combination of their movement and f[...]